(SAO PAULO) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially in store. The federal police indictment released by the Supreme Court alleged that Bolsonaro and 16 others inserted false information into a public health … Read more
SAO PAULO — Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned him they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents released Friday. The testimonies of Bolsonaro’s former Army … Read more
SAO PAULO — Tens of thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro rallied in Brazil’s biggest city Sunday to defend him against legal challenges that could put him in jail. The far-right leader said in a speech that he seeks “pacification to erase the past,” taking a more conciliatory tone than when he was … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO — Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been named a target in a federal investigation into whether his government plotted a military takeover of the country, police officials told The Washington Post Thursday, and has been given 24 hours to surrender his passport. The revelation came as federal police launched a large … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Not long after Javier Milei emerged as the clear winner of Argentina’s … Read more
Updated October 20, 2023 at 3:15 p.m. EDT|Published October 20, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EDT Javier Milei, the frontrunner in Argentina’s presidential race, gestures during his campaign-closing rally Wednesday in Buenos Aires. (Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BUENOS AIRES — The blast of a shofar echoed across the arena. A … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO — After 4 years of rising destruction in Brazil’s Amazon, deforestation dropped by 33.6% throughout the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s time period, in keeping with authorities satellite tv for pc information launched Thursday. From January to June the rainforest had alerts for doable deforestation overlaying 2,650 … Read more